What Fish was it?
Submitted by max199 on Sun, 2007-09-30 08:44
Yesterday I went squiding in the river at my usual spot and found the river still too dirty( fresh water). After about a dozen casts I noticed from my high advantage spot a pretty big fish feeding in the shallows directly under me. I was about 15 foot above the river and had a really great veiw of this fish. At first glance it looked like a Dhue fish, NO CRAP. It had a very wide girth, greyish in colour and a bit of a cross between a paddle tail and a pointed one. It's side fins where also white as well as greyish. It was feeding in the shallow edge of the river amongst rubble(limestone). I threw my squid jig at it to see what it did but it just kept slowly cruising down river against the slow incoming tide. It was a big fish and was definately NOT a mulloway! As mentioned before it had a wide girth and weighed approx. 8 - 9 kilos. It tailed a couple of times whilst feeding too.
CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME AN IDEA WHAT I MIGHT HAVE SEEN ?
CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME AN IDEA WHAT I MIGHT HAVE SEEN ?
SHizz
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big gobbleguts? :p River
big gobbleguts? :p
River Pinky maybe? They used to fish commerically in the swan many eons ago, i wouldnt put it past one changing to a darker color because of its surroundings.
NOHA
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Big buff bream. Seen them
Big buff bream. Seen them graze on weed with there tails up out the water plenty of times.
That would be my guess.
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jangles
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Saying Buffy aswell!
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
Jim
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Could be one of those sand
Could be one of those sand snapper/dusky morwong things, but probably a buffie
Last cast....
Bend over
original teenage
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agreeing wit jangles and
agreeing wit jangles and noha wit this 1....saw a couple at e shed around that size too...but its only ocasionally
the more u fish..the less stress u get....
jangles
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Get anything, Original Teenager?
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles
max199
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I don't
original teenage
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hey....did'nt manage to go
hey....did'nt manage to go mate...mom has her own plan..sry...thanks 4 all the tips.. vry much appreciated..ty jangles...ur a good buddy...would love to fish wit u sometime..sry i 4 get to pm u my no: the laz time....ill pm now..
the more u fish..the less stress u get....
jangles
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Arrhh mate..
My reels screaming zzzzzzz.... awwww damn it, its another boat!
All the best for the future fishing trips.
Cheers.... Jangles